This website has a clickable map where students can click on different Florida counties and see what happened there. Once you click on a county you then can chose a city to click on. After choosing a city you can then read about how the city was founded and what year. You also find information about the first mayor and who founded the city.
This website is essentially set up like a time line of Florida history. The students can click on different sections to read about that time during the settlement of Florida.
This website has short videos that cover the explorer Juan Ponce De Leon’s journey for the fountain of youth and his discovery of Florida.
Mackenzie's Internet Sites:
Internet Sites:
1) http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/lessons.htm- FLORIDA THEN & NOW- This website provides a multitude of resources for lesson plans and activity sheets. All of the lessons are about Florida history focusing on then and now. It provides reading passages as well as links to Florida’s historical places.
2) http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=66- THE MARINERS MUSEUM: EXPLORATION THROUGH THE AGES- This website provides a great summary for the important explorer Juan Ponce de Leon. This explorer will be very important for the Viva La Florida lesson. So having a biography about him so I can inform my students will be of great value.
3) http://www.vivaflorida.org/Learn/Just-for-fun- VIVA FLORIDA 500: JUST FOR FUN-This website gives the students flat versions of important figures in Florida’s history. Students are encouraged to take their flat characters around and experience Florida with them. The website also encourages them to share their stories on the Viva La Florida facebook and twitter.
Amber's Internet Sites:
Viva La Florida 500 http://vivafl500.org/
This website has a clickable map where students can click on different Florida counties and see what happened there. Once you click on a county you then can chose a city to click on. After choosing a city you can then read about how the city was founded and what year. You also find information about the first mayor and who founded the city.
Florida Department of Historical Resources http://www.flheritage.com/kids/history.cfm
This website is essentially set up like a time line of Florida history. The students can click on different sections to read about that time during the settlement of Florida.
Bio. True Story http://www.biography.com/people/juan-ponce-de-le%C3%B3n-9444105
This website has short videos that cover the explorer Juan Ponce De Leon’s journey for the fountain of youth and his discovery of Florida.
Mackenzie's Internet Sites:
Internet Sites:
1) http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/lessons.htm- FLORIDA THEN & NOW- This website provides a multitude of resources for lesson plans and activity sheets. All of the lessons are about Florida history focusing on then and now. It provides reading passages as well as links to Florida’s historical places.
2) http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=explorer&id=66- THE MARINERS MUSEUM: EXPLORATION THROUGH THE AGES- This website provides a great summary for the important explorer Juan Ponce de Leon. This explorer will be very important for the Viva La Florida lesson. So having a biography about him so I can inform my students will be of great value.
3) http://www.vivaflorida.org/Learn/Just-for-fun- VIVA FLORIDA 500: JUST FOR FUN-This website gives the students flat versions of important figures in Florida’s history. Students are encouraged to take their flat characters around and experience Florida with them. The website also encourages them to share their stories on the Viva La Florida facebook and twitter.
Troy's Internets sites:
1.) http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=57650
2.) http://www.nasa.gov/: Great tool to help instructor fill in gaps.
3.) http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html#.UovgjeKoCy4
Interactive website where kids can go for more information about N.A.S.A.
4.) http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/PQTimeline/ Great timeline for visual learners.